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CVE-2005-2796

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2796 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the sslConnectTimeout function of Squid 2.5.STABLE10 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to crash the server via crafted requests. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, as it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity to cause a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.patch1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squid:squid:2.0.patch1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.patch2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squid:squid:2.0.patch2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.pre1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squid:squid:2.0.pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.releaseCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squid:squid:2.0.release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0_patch2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squid:squid:2.0_patch2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0783 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: squid-7:2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.14
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: squid-7:2.5.STABLE6-3.4E.11
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2796Important

security flaw

Sep 1, 2005

References

fedoranews.org / updates/FEDORA--.shtml
secunia.com / advisories/16977
secunia.com / advisories/17027
securitytracker.com / id
PatchVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10522
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-809
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-06.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_21_sr.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_53_squid.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-766.html
securityfocus.com / bid/14731
squid-cache.org / Versions/v2/2.5/bugs
PatchVendor Advisory